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Senior reporter @HuffPost covering gender + politics, focused on repro justice & gender-based violence. (she/her) alanna.vagianos @huffpost .com or DM for Signal

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NEW: Abortion bans are fueling domestic violence in Texas. The leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide, often by an abusive partner with a gun. And Texas is forcing victims to stay pregnant, while making it easier for abusers to get guns.
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) tries to mock Berkley law professor Khiara Bridges for using the phrase "people with the capacity for pregnancy" during a Senate hearing on abortion. She was having none of it.
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listening to the march for life speaker canonize a woman who "heroically" died after giving birth to her fourth child. the crowd is cheering and applauding for the "selflessness of her decision." cheering for a dead woman really summing up the pro-life stance 👀👀👀
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Carol Foulke, 93, heard about the repeal of Roe at her assisted living home yesterday and told her daughter they needed to come into DC protest. She was a family planning social worker for underserved communities before Roe and knows the impact this will have.
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BREAKING: Idaho governor quietly signed the abortion trafficking bill into law tonight. It's the first law to restrict interstate travel for abortion care since Roe fell. The law goes into effect 30 days from today.
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This is the last place I ran alone & carefree. A thread on Mollie Tibbetts and running alone as a woman.
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I finally finished covering the Cosby sentencing. On the train home, exhausted, I see this. And you want to know why women are so fucking angry.
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NEW: Twitter blocked promotion of a Democrat’s campaign video because it expressed support for abortion rights. “The mention of abortion advocacy is the issue here,” a Twitter employee told North Carolina candidate Rachel Hunt.
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Tibbetts had every right to run on her own. This is not a commentary on her actions, but a reflection on how the epidemic of violence against women (yes, it's a fucking epidemic) forces women to adapt & let go of things so integral to their well-being.
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Any woman who calls herself a runner knows just how terrifying the Mollie Tibbetts story is. The lengths that women have to go to protect themselves from being alone in public spaces is restrictive, exhausting, fucking terrifying.
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Just spoke with an abortion advocate who's protesting outside the Supreme Court. In between sobs, she kept having to tell a man to stop following her. Anti-choice protesters are out in plain clothes today following repro rights people.
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R Kelly supporters play his music outside of the courthouse. “We’re not giving up on R Kelly!” one supporter yells.
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JUST NOW: For the first time ever before Congress, an abortion rights advocate described how to self-manage the procedure using pills — giving a highly public platform to a method all the more vital now that SCOTUS overturned Roe.
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BREAKING: An independent autopsy requested by George Floyd's family determined his death "was homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression."
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Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the OB-GYN who provided care for a 10-year-old rape victim, “took every appropriate and proper action in accordance with the law,” according to her attorney. Bernard is considering legal action against several people including Indiana AG Todd Rokita.
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Besty DeVos is discussing survivors &"wrongly accused" as if they're equal parties. 2-10 percent of reported rapes are false #StopBetsy
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You know what a #NastyWoman is good at? Voting. #debate
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👏WOMEN👏DRESSED👏LIKE👏WOMEN👏 #DressLikeAWoman
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*Also let me reiterate that the Mollie Tibbetts murder is not about immigration, it's about toxic masculinity and a culture that encourages men to respond with violence when rejected romantically.
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I live on the 29th floor now. I keep a baseball bat by my bed. I still don’t sleep very well. And I don’t really run anymore.
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“It makes me feel like the pro-life movement is a completely lie if, in order to be against people who are protesting for abortion rights, you try to murder them in my street, in my neighborhood," said Monk.
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What is happening.
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TO BE CLEAR: Abortion is still legal at the federal level. Roe has NOT been overturned. This is a draft majority opinion. The final decision comes out sometime in June, justices can change their votes before then.
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I am in tears in my living room. This is for every survivor who spoke up against #LarryNassar . This is for every domestic worker who needs more workplace protections. This is for every woman in Hollywood who said #TimesUp . This is for every woman who said #MeToo . #GRAMMYs
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Snipers still on top of the Supreme Court today (top left). Crowd has been growing since noon.
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Bailey Lorencen to @Aly_Raisman , @Simone_Biles & other Olympians: "Your legacy as Olympians will not go down with the #LarryNassar case. You will not be remembered as the gymnasts who were molested by Larry Nassar, but as the gymnasts who are not only Olympians, but also heroes."
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“Sex work is work. In fact, sex work is often the only form of work for certain marginalized communities who are most vulnerable to housing and employment discrimination," @AyannaPressley tells HuffPost.
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I am so here for centering & applauding artists like @JanelleMonae . Read her @RollingStone feature & dance around your room like I just did -->
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INBOX: Jessica Cisneros calls on Dem leadership to withdraw support from opponent, Henry Cuellar, the last anti-choice Democrat in the House. Cuellar has been endorsed by Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Jim Clyburn & Hakeem Jeffries.
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Gabriela Gonzalez traveled >500miles outside of Texas to get an abortion in hopes of escaping her abuser. The GOP's deliberate policy decision to loosen gun laws + ban abortion gave him the tools to murder her. A deadly new normal for women in Texas:
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I found out a few years after that first break in that my sister was almost abducted by a few guys in a van while she was on a run in college. Thankfully, she was able to fight them off. I've never seen her go on a run since.
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Wow. I knew I was going to get some harassment for reporting on the Biden allegation but my inbox & mentions are overflowing right now. What a wonderful addition to my nonstop anxiety during a global pandemic 🤦🏼‍♀️
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Yesterday, my friend told me her mom stopped running after dark & bought an elliptical machine after her best friend was kidnapped & murdered while she was on a run.
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The stark contrast between Kavanaugh's demeanor and tone vs. Christine Blasey Ford's is insane. This is how we've been conditioned: Women to be accommodating and eager to please; men to be loud, angry and righteous. #KavanaughHearings
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This comes a day after Little signed a law that bans trans minors from receiving gender-affirming care. Anyone guilty of violating the law faces a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison. From @taiylersimone :
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I will never forget the year women responded to Trump. 2016-2017
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Men who perpetrate mass murder often have a history of abusing women. Men who perpetrate mass murder often have a history of abusing women. Men who perpetrate mass murder often have a history of abusing women.
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NEW from me: Biden's support for Israel is fracturing the reproductive rights movement. Repro workers believe Biden is contributing to a repro health crisis in Gaza. They’re deeply frustrated with him + the big repro rights groups that are backing him.
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The total current number of women who have accused President Trump of some form of sexual misconduct (ranging from harassment to assault) is 21.
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I spoke to six #LarryNassar survivors. All of them shared the same sentiment: The country doesn’t seem to care what happened to them.
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Pharmacies like CVS and Duane Reade can now fill medication abortion prescriptions under new FDA rules --- a major shift in policy that could dramatically expand access to abortion. From @nvisser :
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NEW: Kamala Harris has a vibrant online fan club. But it also has a toxic side. The #KHive aims to amplify and support the Democratic vice presidential nominee, but some of its members have crossed the line from ardent fandom to overt harassment.
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I didn’t always love running. It wasn’t until I got to college that I realized just how helpful it was for my mental health.
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I didn’t realize running the same route could cost me the peace of mind of being able to sleep on a first floor ever again.
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I will never know if the break in happened bc some random person thought my window was the easiest to get into or if it’s bc I ran the same route six days in a row. I do know that I never ran alone again.
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BREAKING: Florida judge blocks 15-week abortion ban which was set to go into effect tomorrow, July 1.
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NEW: A HuffPost investigation found that at least nine extremists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 have a history of violence against women ranging from domestic violence accusations to prison time on sexual battery charges.
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Just now: Senate Republicans block a bill to protect IVF & other fertility services for veterans & service members. "This should not be controversial -- especially if Republicans are serious, even just in the slightest, about supporting IVF," says @PattyMurray .
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When I got depressed, instead of smoking a cigarette I would run (err, most of the time). I put my headphones in, spandex shorts & t-shirt on, and I would run circles in a small neighborhood off campus.
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If your feminism doesn't include trans people, rethink your approach to feminism #TransRights #ProtectTransKids
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First time ever, I believe, a witness has explained step-by-step how to self-manage an abortion with pills. "Everyone loves someone who has abortions," says @RBraceySherman after explaining how to self-manage your abortion.
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BREAKING: Jury reaches a verdict on Bill Cosby case... awaiting verdict to be read. Jury only deliberated for 13 hours.
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Nasty (old) women are out here today #womensmarchonwashington
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NEW: Glenn Youngkin -- who has for years presented himself as a moderate candidate -- is quietly funding anti-choice extremists down ballot through his PAC ahead of Virginia's critical November elections.
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I ran the same route six days in a row. On the seventh night someone tried to break into my second floor apartment bedroom via the fire escape.
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It's looking like voters are going to defend abortion in all 5 states with ballot measures: -MI, CA & VT enshrined abortion rights in state constitutions -KY looks like they're going to reject a constitutional abortion ban -And MT likely to reject anti-choice referendum
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I lived near the UCLA campus so most of the people around me were students. Aside from a few catcalls, I ran for months uninterrupted. I ran a different route every single time. I felt safe. It felt so fucking good.
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I graduated and moved to LA. And that city just made my depression so much fucking worse. So I ran. A lot. Like a shit ton. I ran every single day, sometimes twice a day.
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It was the best form of self care I knew at the time.
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A few months later I moved to NYC. I had stopped running in the midst of a new job & the stresses of realizing I was, apparently, a full-blown adult. Eventually, my depression returned as it always does. I started running again.
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The police later asked if I was a runner and if I ran the same route. Of course I did, I’m a creature of habit.
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During my last year at school, I was napping on a Wednesday afternoon (as college kids do) when a man attempted to break into my first-floor bedroom window and climb into bed with me.
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A thread on how many times Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has mocked, undermined or smeared survivors of sexual violence. #MeToo
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A slew of amendments filed today for SB300 -- Florida's 6-week abortion ban, which heads to a full senate vote tomorrow. But I'm lol'ing at Sen. Minority Leader Lauren Book (D)'s amendment to change the name from the “Heartbeat Protection Act” to this:
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The Washington Post editorial board urged Trump’s cabinet to remove him from office, saying that “every second” he remains in power is a threat to the U.S.
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"Murdering or assaulting anyone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity is not a defense, it is a hate crime." -- @RepJoeKennedy
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A Palestinian baby in Gaza was born an orphan in an emergency cesarean section after an Israeli strike killed her mother, father and sister.
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Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it. The baby's mother, who was 30 weeks pregnant with her, died along with the baby's father and sister in an Israeli airstrike.
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"Women are believed & not only on #MeToo but in a court of law where they were under oath, where they testified truthfully, where they were smeared, where there were attempts to discredit them. When all is said and done: Women were finally believed." -- Gloria Allred #BillCosby
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It breaks my 💜 that survivors, but specifically women, have to continually put their trauma on display bc their stories are repeatedly questioned. It happened w/ #MeToo & it's happening w/ #WhyIDidntReport . How many times do we have to re-live our trauma for you to believe us?
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I can't stop thinking of this Audre Lorde quote. White women who don't understand #BlackLivesMatter this is for you
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"You started the tidal wave. You made all of this happen. You made all of these voices matter. Your sister survivors and I thank you." Judge Aquilina to #LarryNassar survivor Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to accuse Nassar publicly in 2016 & sparked others to come forward
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The bill passed the House & will move quickly through the Senate given Idaho's R supermajority. “The far right has an incremental plan. It’s death by a thousand cuts on many things, but they’re especially unrelenting on abortion,” Sen Minority Leader @wintrow4idaho told me.
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. @terrycrews on toxic masculinity and why he came forward with his story as a male survivor: "What kind of man would I be if someone touched my son and he felt he couldn’t tell anyone?" #MeToo
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Rev. Dr. Love Holt, a community engagement manager at Pro-Choice Missouri, just became (I believe) the first person to testify in front of Congress about self-managing her own abortion because she "was so desperate, so backed into a corner." Her story, in her owns words:
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Going into 2017 like 🙋🏿🙋🏾🙋🏼🙋🏻
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No one's wearing black. No one's wearing #TimesUp pins. Ryan Seacrest is asking questions on the red carpet as if he hasn't been accused of sexual harassment & assault. Business as usual. Where'd our momentum go? #MeToo #Oscars90 #Oscars
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#BrockTurnerVictim on why she's staying anonymous: "For now, I'm every woman."
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A truck driver plowed into pro-choice protesters at a Roe rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, today following the historic Supreme Court decision. At least one person was hospitalized. From me & @AndyBCampbell :
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HB242 seeks to limit minors’ ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent. The bill creates a whole new crime, dubbed “abortion trafficking," which would be a felony, and those found guilty would face two to five years in prison.
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On a call with an abortion provider today, and she said something that I can't shake: "Abortion is now only for people that have the means to get it. Bodily autonomy is not a basic human right anymore in this country, it's a privilege."
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JUST NOW: DOJ files notice of appeal to Fifth Circuit. Garland says DOJ “strongly disagrees." “Today’s decision overturns the FDA’s expert judgement, rendered over 2 decades ago, that mifepristone is safe & effective. The Dept will continue to defend the FDA’s decision.”
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Rachael Denhollander just called out defense attorney Shannon Smith for attempting to smear her character. When the other defense attorney attempted to complain about it to the judge, people in the courtroom shouted "Sit down!" #LarryNassar
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One of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws was just upheld in Uganda in part citing the Dobbs ruling as a recent model “where the Court considered the nation’s history & traditions... to over-rule the broader right to individual autonomy.”
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Constitutional Court pronounces itself on the Anti- Homosexuality Act 2023 of Uganda
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JUST IN: North Carolina Democrat switches parties, now says she's open to abortion restrictions. In a span of a few months, state Rep. Tricia Cotham has gone from pushing to codify abortion rights to joining the party taking them away.
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The crowd is overflowing from Washington Square Park at the emergency rally for Muslims and immigrants
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month begins tomorrow. Our current president has been accused of sexually assaulting 16 women. My heart is broken.
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Friday reminder: The cops who killed Breonna Taylor -- Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove -- are still free.
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For #WorldPoetryDay I'm sharing the poem that helped me get out of an abusive relationship. If you haven't read @langleav , get to it.
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